Kelly Purkey

Ingrid

Thank you to all of you who have already signed up for my Beginnings class!  I'm so excited and thankful for your support.  Some fabulous friends of mine are giving away spots in the class this week... you can check out the details on their blogs:

Susan Weinroth - www.susanweinroth.typepad.com
Elizabeth Kartchner - www.elizabethkartchner.blogspot.com
Lisa Truesdell - www.gluestickgirl.typepad.com
Stephanie Howell - www.stephaniehowell.typepad.com

And I want to share a few of the layouts created for the class...

For those of you who don't speak crazy KP shorthand, the Ingrid title = Ingrid Michaelson... who is my absolute favorite singer.  I think I've mentioned her once or twice or oh thirty-five times before.  She's the ultimate for me.  I've seen her in concert quite a few times and on Friday night we went to her boyfriend Greg Laswell's concert in hopes that she would be there.  And she was...

Since I started teaching, I have no qualms at all about public speaking or chatting up strangers... but the second I approached her I turned into an embarassed blubbering idiot.  Awesome.  But she was just as sweet as could be.  Definitely a highlight of my NYC life!

The Ingrid layout in the Beginnings class uses photos I took at her concert last fall, but I've also scrapped photos from seeing her in 2008 back in Chicago with Em + Josie.

This one was in Jessica Sprague's Computer Tips and Tricks 3 Idea Book that came out last year.  Steps are included for creating the perspective word art in Photoshop.  I'm sure you will see my new Ingrid photo starring in another layout very soon ;)

Happy Belated Valentines Day!

Last year I meant to send out Christmas cards but ended up traveling and only being home seven days in the month of December, so I decided to do Valentines.  Copying last years idea, I jumped into the photobooth at the Ace Hotel in Portland with my message.

I put the Valentines together using newspaper from the New York Times, a little twine, Hero Arts stamps, Martha Stewart + Fiskars punches, and some little gems.  Easy peasy.  Whipped out 24 of these babies while catching up on an episode of the Bachelor.

Last year was the most challenging year ever for me... and I never would have gotten through it without my girlfriends.  The amazing women in my life were there for me in so many ways.  I'm sure most of them don't even realize how much their simple emails or phone calls or tweets or little messages meant to me.  So this Valentines Day I had to send out a little love to those wonderful girls in my life who mean so much to me. (And you too, Mom + Dad!)  Thank you for all the love and support you send my way.

And because I didn't brave the snow storm then forgot there's no mail today, they're still out there in the hands of the pony express.  Hopefully they'll arrive by the time St. Patty's Day rolls around ;)  Hope you all had a wonderful Valentines Day!

Papertrey Ink February Projects

I'm so, so, so excited to finally get to share my February Papertrey Ink projects!!! :)

I know a lot of you coming from the site are cardmakers, but my first love is scrapbooking so for this round I put those wonderful stamps to good use on some pages.  It was really a lot of fun for me and the pages came together so easily with the products.

First up is my favorites... the cupcakes!

Supplies: Dot Spot, Background Basics: Tin Types, Cupcake Collection, Limitless Labels, Background Basics: Text Styles 2, Pretty Pastels, Fresh Snow Twill, Fresh Snow Pigment Ink

I am completely a cupcake queen and in NYC there's no shortage of cupakes ;)  For this layout I built the cupcake by stamping the bottom + top with white ink, then going over with a heavier amount of white ink for the fun details like sprinkles.  Love how adorable these stamps are!!!

Next up comes a set from my favorites picks...

Supplies: Butterfly Dreams, Asian Fusion, On My Couch, On My Couch Additions, Background Basics: Text Style 2, Limitless Labels, 2008 Bitty Box Basics, Pretty Pastels, New Leaf Ink, Vintage Buttons: Holiday Mix,

These are perfect for a little layout about your home... this photo is from my first day in my new apartment.  The different designs of the chairs is too cute!

And last my obsession with butterflies in scrapbooking form...

Supplies: Simple Alphabet, 2008 Bitty Box Basics, 2008 Bitty Dot Basics, New Leaf Ink, True Black Ink, Cream Button Twine, Vintage Buttons: Holiday Mix, Polka Dot Basics, Butterfly Dreams

These butterflies are so beautiful and easy to use!  I found the inspiration from this on a card that was posted for the AC challenge.  The rainbow of colors just makes me happy :)  The photos for this layout come from my friend Chloe, who took them for me back in December... I asked her to take a headshot for me and we put the camera on burst and captured me just being silly me.

This release from Papertrey Ink is so fabulous and I can't wait to use them up more and more :)  All of the new products from this release go on sale on the 15th... hope you check them out - they're so awesome!!! 

And hopefully these have inspired you a bit and shown you how to use the stamps on layouts!  If you are a card maker and enticed just a bit to start scrapbooking, I hope you'll check out my online class about beginning layouts - info is right here. See you again soon with more PTI fun!!! :)

Online Class: Beginnings

I'm excited to finally announce my first online class for 2010... Beginnings!  "Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start" :)

Beginnings is a five day class that will help you go through the process of starting with a single inspiration piece and finding ways to use it to create a complete layout.  Each day we will cover a different dose of inspiration...

• Photos
• Products
• Color Schemes
• Found Items
• Magazine + Books

Starting March 1st, I'll deliver a PDF and video to your email inbox full of tips, ideas, samples, and steps.  All of the layouts will be brand new, never before seen pages created just for the class.  There will also be a separate blog where you can ask questions and start discussions or share tips with others in the class.  By sending the information through email, you'll be able to print off the PDFs and move through the class at your own pace.

The cost is $15 for the five day class.  Please pay through PayPal and a welcome email will be sent to you within 24 hours.

Registration ends February 26, 2010
Class begins March 1, 2010

Please feel free to contact me with any questions!  Hope to see you in class :)

Travel Layouts

Last summer I wrote an article for Creating Keepsakes on using travel memorabilia in your pages and included four examples.  I thought I'd share two here on the bloggo...

Creating pockets out of page protectors is a easy way to keep the memorabilia on your page.  I trimmed and stitched down an American Crafts 6x12 protector to fit my playbill + tickets.

This layout uses the same idea, but instead has an envelope for those little pieces of paper.  I used the Fiskars envelope template to make my own out of patterned paper.  When I travel I keep every piece of paper that my fingertips touch :)  Love having those little mementos to look back on.  

This morning I was starting to think about how I want to scrap my Portland photos (there are a lot of them!) While I love mini albums, I also really like having the layouts in my albums.  Which do you prefer?